Hose-supporting device.



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

MYRON B. HAMMOND, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT.

HOSE-SUPPORTING DEVICE. l

SPECIFICATION forming partof Letters Patent No. 679,893, dated August 6, 1901. Application iled February 6, 1901. Serial No. 46,201. (No model.)

To a/ZZ whom, t may concern,.-

Be it known that I, MYRON B. HAMMOND, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hose-Supporting Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as Will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to that class of hosesupporters which are suspended from a corset by means of some sort of clasp or hook device that engages with the fastenings that are used to secure the edges of the corset together. Many devices of this description have been contrived; but they all either contemplate the suspension of the supporters directly from the little stud which forms a part of the corset-fastenings, or the metal suspension devices have been hooked over such stud, and such devices have been provided with flanges orlips to engage the edge of the corset to prevent wabbling, or th-e hose-supporting devices have been suspended from the corset, so as to rest upon the loop element of the corset-fastener. In all of these constructions the unclasping of the corset-sections incidentally eects the detachment of the hosesupporter, or the latter readily detaches itself when not held in position by the corset-sections themselves.

The aim of my invention is to provide a hose-supporting device whose attachment to the corset shall be simple and permanent and which shall likewise lock the corset-clasp itself, so that the same cannot accidentally become unfastened, and I accomplish this without in the slightest degree interfering with the operation of clasping or unclasping the corset, and when the latter is removed from theperson of the wearer the hose-supporters will be attached thereto, and at the same time my device is so constructed that it can readily be detached by the exercising of some slight forceand secured to the edgeV of the corset at another locality thereof.

In the accompanying drawings, which form apart of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improvement in one of its forms with a section of webbing attached to the bottom thereof. Fig. 2 is a rear perspective of my improvement; Fig. 3, a front elevation showing one form of my improvement attached in position upon a corset. Fig. a is a front elevation illustrating my improvement attached to a flexible pad, while the webbing for the supporters is attached to the bottom of such pad. Fig. 5 is a rear elevation of the parts assembled, as shown at Fig. 3, with the exception that the corset-section carrying the stud of the clasp is removed, while the hook appears in dotted lines thrown back; Fig. 6, a section at the line a: :o of Fig. 3, and Fig. 7 is a rear perspective ofa slightly modified form of my improvement.

Similar numbers of reference denote like parts in the several figures of the drawings.

My present improvement has nothing to do with any form of hose-supporterproper, and therefore any arrangment and construction of webbing and stocking engaging clasps may be employed in connection with myimprovement. It is also true that the particular style of corset-clasp proper is immaterial, and

in fact my improvement may be applied to I corsets whose clasps do not contemplate the use of a stud at all, and it is only necessary that there should be some sort of a rivet or plate projecting from the sides or front edge of the corset-bush in order that my invention may be successfully utilized.

In carrying out my invention I form a plate l, preferably from thin sheet-steel of any suitable shape, and cut away the front edge of this plate, so as to form an opening 2, and then curl back those portions of the plate on opposite sides of this opening, so as to form rearwardly-extending hooks 3, as shown at Fig. 2. A small tongue 4 projects from the plate into this opening and is curled upwardly to a slight degree for the purposes presently to be explained, and the bottom of the plate is provided with a suitable slot 5, through which the usual webbing 6 is attached. Y

In applying my device to a corsetthe hook `portions 3 are forced in the rear of the cor- IOO and extend so close to the .body of the plate that they exert 'a' firm grip upon the corsetbusk, so that my improvement when once in position on a corset becomes for allpractical purposes a permanent part thereof. There is always a slight shoulder formed by the rear edge of the loop 7 after the latter is secured to the corset-husk, and I have therefore provided the tongue 4, curled upwardly,as shown, and slightly resilient, so that when my improvement is forced in position this tongue after it has passed beyond said shoulderwill materially aid in preventing any accidental withdrawal of my improvement, while at'the same time when my improvement is intentionally forced oi' the tongue will ride up over this shoulder and cannot catch against the same.

My improvement constructed and applied in the manner as described up to this point will perform all the functions required so far as the actual suspension of the hose-supporters is concerned, and while it is not absolutely necessary that I should equip my improvement with means for performing additional functions, nevertheless I have done this, and I will now enter into further details of explanation. The loop-and-stud constru ction of clasp for a corset is exceedingly popular, and it is now universally adopted by all corsetmakers; but the wearers of corsets are greatly annoyed by the accidental unclasping of the corsetbusks, and while special devices have been contrived to obviate this diculty they are, as av rule, somewhat bulky andhard of manipulation, and, moreover, they seriously interfere with the attachment of hose supporters which depend upon the corset-clasp asameans of suspension.

With the end in view to lock the elements of the corset-clasp as against accidental disengagement I have provided a hook 8, which ispivoted to the upper portion of the plate l, and when the corset-busks are clasped together by the engagement of the loop 7 on the busk a with the stud 9 on the busk b the hook 8 is swung downwardly and is engaged with the shank of the stud, as shown at Figs. 3 and 6, thereby securely locking the parts of the corset-clasp as against accidental disengagement.

The webbing may be attached directly to the bottom of the plate, as shown at Fig. 1, or I can utilize a wire frame l0, pivoted to the lower end of the plate l, as is shown at Figs. 3 and 5, or the bottom of the plate may be se- Y cured to the usual exible pad l1, as shown at Fig. 4.

It is perhaps advisable to provide the hosesupporting webbing with a swinging support, such as is shown at Fig. 3, since the strain on the webbing would'simply cause the frame to rock and would not wrench the plate; but, as I said before, I do not desire to be limited to any particular way of suspending the hosesupporting webbing from my device, since this forms noymaterial part of my-invention proper.

Instead of cutting away the plate so as to form two separate hooks 3 a single hook 12 may be formed, as shown at Fig. 7, which is thelsame as the construction shown at Fig. 2, except that the opening 2 is so cut within the body of the plate that a single hook is formed instead of two separate hooks.

Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters latet, S-,

l. A hose-supporting device comprising a metal plate having two rearwardly-extending hooks at its upper end, said plate being cut away whereby a clear space .is left between said hooks, the latter being thus adapted to be applied to the edge of the corset-husk which carries the loop-fasteners, while the hooks embrace the loop thereby preventing vertical displacement of the device, substantially as set forth.

2. A hose-supporting device, comprising a metal plate cut away at its front to provide an opening and having resilient hook portions extending rearwardly on opposite sides of said `opening and adapted to engage the edge of'a corset-brisk, the bodyof said plate being cut away to leave a clear space between said hooks whereby the latter will embrace the loop of the corset-clasp, substantially as set forth.

3. A hose-supportingdevice, consisting of a metal plate having an opening formed therein and having its stock on opposite sides of said opening bent rearwardly whereby resilient hooks are formed which are adapted to engage with a corset on opposite sides of the loop of a corset-clasp, and the hook pivoted to said plate and adapted to engage with the stud'of the corset-fastening when the latter is in locked condition, substantially asset forth.

4:. In a hose-supporting device, the combination of the metal plate having a clear opening formed therein and provided with hook elements extending beneath said plate rearwardly and on opposite sides of said opening and adapted .to engage with the corset-bask which carries the loop element of a corsetclasp, and the hook pivoted to said plate and adapted to engage with the stud element of a corset-clasp on the other bnsk when said stud and loop are in locked condition, substantially as set forth.

5. A hose-supporting device comprising a plate cut away to provide an opening and having its front portion bent rearwardly whereby a hook elementis formed, and having a tongue extending forwardly from the rear wall of said opening, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MYRON B. HAMMOND.

Witnesses:

F. W. SMITH, Jr., M. T. LONGDEN.

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